Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 - 358 pages |
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As the light grew faint and more faint , and the morass appeared blacker and
blacker , our traveller questioned more closely each chance passenger upon his
distance from the village of Kippletringan , where he proposed to quarter for the ...
As the light grew faint and more faint , and the morass appeared blacker and
blacker , our traveller questioned more closely each chance passenger upon his
distance from the village of Kippletringan , where he proposed to quarter for the ...
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by the apparition of a twinkling light or two ; but , as he came up , he was
disappointed to find the gleams proceeded from some of those farm - houses
which occasionally ornamented the surface of the extensive bog . At length , to
compleat his ...
by the apparition of a twinkling light or two ; but , as he came up , he was
disappointed to find the gleams proceeded from some of those farm - houses
which occasionally ornamented the surface of the extensive bog . At length , to
compleat his ...
Page 47
Even at this dead hour of night there were lights moving upon the shore ,
probably occasioned by the unloading a smuggling lugger from the Isle of Man ,
which was lying in the bay . On the light being observed from the sashed door of
the ...
Even at this dead hour of night there were lights moving upon the shore ,
probably occasioned by the unloading a smuggling lugger from the Isle of Man ,
which was lying in the bay . On the light being observed from the sashed door of
the ...
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To the left the woods advanced far into the ocean , waving in the moonlight along
ground of an undulating and varied form , and presenting those varieties of light
and shade , and that interesting combination of glade and thicket , upon which ...
To the left the woods advanced far into the ocean , waving in the moonlight along
ground of an undulating and varied form , and presenting those varieties of light
and shade , and that interesting combination of glade and thicket , upon which ...
Page 147
As he uttered these words in a sort of frenzy , bis eye caught a glimmering of light
in one of the dismantled cottages - it was that in which Meg Merrilies formerly
resided . The light , which seemed to proceed from fire , glimmered not only ...
As he uttered these words in a sort of frenzy , bis eye caught a glimmering of light
in one of the dismantled cottages - it was that in which Meg Merrilies formerly
resided . The light , which seemed to proceed from fire , glimmered not only ...
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| Title | Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Contributors | James Ballantyne and Co, Archibald Constable & Co, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 358 pages |
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